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Gates, R. Ruggles

A Botanist in the Amazon Valley; An Account of the Flora and Fauna in the Land of Floods

1927

129,72 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1927
Lugar de impresión
London. H. F. & G. Witherby
Autor
Gates, R. Ruggles
Edición
First Edition.
Materia
Travel - South America Naturalists Travels Plant Hunting jungle
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 203, [i, ads] pp, frontis, 22 illustrations from photos on 10 plates, folding map, index. original cloth, gilt lettering, spine faded but gilt lettering clear, lacks blank front endpaper, lightly foxed but mostly in margins, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting and important account of travels in the region, including travel to Para, Manaos, Teffe, etc, by boat with comments on the people as well as the flora & fauna, with some detail on palms and other trees. At Teffe, the author compares the conditions to where Bates (The Naturalist on the Rivers Amazon) spent several years starting in 1855.
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